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Abram Ioffe

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Also known as Abram Joffé, Abram Joffe, Abram Fedorovich Ioffe

Soviet physicist (1880–1960)

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Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960) was a person recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. He was born on October 17, 1880, and died on October 14, 1960. His bibliography includes twenty-six works, with notable titles such as *Fiziko-matematicheskie nauki*, *Nauka i tekhnika SSSR, 1917-1927*, and *Trudy pervoĭ i vtoroĭ konferent︠s︡iĭ po vysokomolekuli︠a︡rnym soedinenii︠a︡m*.

Other published works by Ioffe include *Fizika i selʹskoe khozi︠a︡ĭstvo* and *Sbornik trudov po tekhnicheskoĭ fizike*. The subject is referenced by eighty-eight other encyclopedia articles.

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Key facts

Born
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe , ( 1880-10-29 ) 29 October 1880 , Romny , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
14 October 1960 (1960-10-14) (aged 79) , Leningrad , Soviet Union
Alma mater
Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ( Dr. phil. )
Awards
Stalin Prize (1942) Lenin Prize (1961) 3x Order of Lenin
Fields
Physics
Institutions
Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University Leningrad Physico-Technical Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Thesis
Elastische Nachwirkung im kristallinischen Quarz (1905)
Doctoral advisor
Wilhelm Röntgen
Notable students
Abram Alikhanov Matvei Bronstein Pyotr Kapitsa Igor Kurchatov Lev Landau Pyotr Lukirsky Nikolay Semyonov

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of birth
Romny
Place of death
Saint Petersburg
Occupation
inventor
Languages spoken
Russian
Religion
Lutheranism
Doctoral advisor
Wilhelm Röntgen
Field of work
physics
Image
Abram Ioffe young2cr.jpg
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Abram Ioffe
date of birth
1880-10-17
date of death
1960-10-14
ethnic group
Jewish people
interested in
physics
birth name
Авраам Израиль-Файвишевич Иоффе
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Encyclopedic overview

Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Russian: Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, IPA: [ɐˈbram ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈofɛ]; 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1880 – 14 October 1960) was a Russian and Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942) and the Lenin Prize (1961) (posthumously). Ioffe was an expert in various areas of solid state physics and electromagnetism. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics, many of which became independent institutes. He has been described as the "father of Soviet physics".

Early life and education

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